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After the fire, the station said in a Facebook post : "Following being alerted to a house fire in the early hours of the morning, Staines Fire Station performed a rescue from the property with their colleagues from Sunbury Fire Station, whilst bringing the fire fully under control.

"When will it sink in with Surrey County Council that the cuts in Spelthorne can not continue.

"The people of Spelthorne need and want two appliances. Cutting the fire cover by 50% is disgusting!"

A Staines fire station spokesman told Get Surrey : "We got there and nine minutes later Egham arrived, but if they're getting rid of crews there will be a wait.

"They're asking crews to report without full safety procedures as they are not the same when it's just one pump and so they don't get a covering jet.

"We will still go in and perform a rescue but will not be able to deal with the fire. If two appliances are there, this way it's done at the same time.

"With only one pump there we have to only do one thing at a time and the person's life is the priority so we went in and got her, but that leaves the fire to spread further."

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A Surrey County Council spokesman said: "Staines fire station is being kept open while Fordbridge is built and feedback from the consultation on fire cover within Spelthorne is currently being considered. Only once this feedback has been evaluated will a decision be made."

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